Chung Wah Chinese School at Leeming has been invited to participate in the Mid-Autumn Festival at Curtin on Thursday 15 September 5-7pm, Henderson Court, Curtin University, Bentley (see red circle in photo below). Join us there and try your hand at lantern-making, paper cutting, calligraphy & buy moon cakes and indulge in street stall food. See http://news.curtin.edu.au/events/parkd-events for details.

SMC Announcement

The “Cultures of China, A Stellar Night by Huaxing” is hosted by the Office of Overseas Chinese Affairs of China’s State Council and the China Overseas Exchanges Association (COEA). Jointly organised by Chung Wah Association, Perth Hua Xing Arts Group and Sydney Hua Xing Arts Group, it showcases the finest of traditional and modern dance performances, folk songs by an ensemble of famous singers, dancers, musicians and acclaimed artistes from China, with performances by local artistes.

The tickets can be purchased from the office of Chung Wah Association.

This a special price offer for our Council of Elders, EXCO members, Chung Wah Community and Aged Care, Chung Wah Chinese Schools and Chung Wah Subcommittees. The performance tickets are as below:

A Reserve Seats: at $40 per person. (Original Price $60 per person)

B Reserve Seats: at $25 per person. (Original Price $40 per person)

C Reserve Seats: at $15 per person. (Original Price $20 per person)

Should there be any enquiries, please contact Ting Chen at 0407 188 365 or Abbie at 042 363 1087.

Chung Wah Association is proud to announce its involvement in promoting the Australia – Sino Youth Cultural Exchange. An Art Exhibition will be held to promote the event on Sunday, 21 August 2016. The entry ticket costs $20 each. Funds raised will go toward a charity for disadvantage children.

Please refer to the flyer below for further information.

Please contact the School Management Committee on 004 735 842 or Chairperson.leeming@gmail.com if you have any enquiries.

2016 Chung Wah Chinese School Leeming Newsletter 学校通讯

Moon Cake Sale !

The moon cake order has been distributed last week, but in case you didn’t get it, please click here to download the form.

The form needs to be submitted back to the class teacher or admin office by 13th AugThe orders will be distributed on the 20th Aug.

Morning Tea on Saturday, 13th August

The School Management Committee will hold a Morning Tea on Saturday, 13th August 2016.All parents are invited to attend the morning tea. The usual food sold in the Canteen will be made available for free. Hot Tea and Coffee will also be provided to warm you up.

It is an informal gathering where we would like to increase our engagement with the parents. We will present a variety of topics ranging from the recently introduced the safety measure of lock-out during the school hours, teachers’ performances, the upcoming celebration of Mid-Autumn Festival, etc. We would like to get some direct feedbacks from you. We will answer any questions you might have.

The morning tea will be held in the canteen area after you have dropped off and brought your kids to their classes. It would be great if we all can gather at around 9:15 so that we can conclude the gathering at 10:00 just before the recess. We hope to see all of you there.

Message from Principal Li Hua

Welcome back to Term 3.

We have already had a very busy start to our term with Mid-Autumn Festival drawing, painting/calligraphy competition and Chinese Language Teachers’ Association WA State Writing Competition from Week 1.Recitation / Speech competition will be hold on 13th August.Students are also preparing for the annual Talent show on 17th September.

Current Fundraisers2016 | 2017 Entertainment™ Book(Digital or book membership)$65 each, click here to orderSchool T-Shirts(various sizes)$10 each, sold at the libraryNAB – NEXUS Introducer Program(Home and Business Loans)MUST mention our school’s name and code:Chung Wah Chinese School LeemingIntroducer code :420657671Sold at any NAB branch or Mobile lenders can come to you.

Limited Newsletter AdvertisingWe will be selling limited ad space at the bottom of our newsletter to local businesses to assist with our fundraising, for more information emailassistantmedia.leeming@gmail.com

2016 Mid-Autumn Festival Concert

Over the next 7 weeks, the Mid-Autumn Festival committee members from all the three campuses Leeming, Morley and Rossmoyne will be working together to deliver a magnificent event to celebrate the 2016 Mid-Autumn Festival. This year’s joint concert celebrations will be held on Saturday evening 17 September 2016 from 5:00 pm to 8:45 pm hosted at the Chung Wah Cultural Centre in Balcatta. This year greater emphasis has been placed on the stage design, quality and professionalism of the shows. Throughout the night, the event will be hosted by a professional emcee and enriching the celebration are variety of stalls which will be providing sale of foods and drinks, art and crafts and much more.

Prizes

To top up the excitement, the committee has organised big and spectacular lucky draw and door prizes such as iPad, Apple Watch, Laptop, Cannon Wifi PowerShot Camera, Nespresso Coffee Machine, 55” Smart LED Wifi TV (Grand Prize) and more than 50 quality prizes will be up for grabs!

Entry ticket only $5.00 per person. In return, they are eligible to enter into door prizes. Entrance for Leeming, Morley and Rossmoyne Chinese School students are free.

Entry and Raffle tickets are available for immediate purchase at our school canteen. The raffle tickets cost $20.00 per booklet of 10 tickets. ($2.00 per ticket). Stay tune to the CWA magazine for the August 2016 edition for additional sensational concert program.

New Awning for our library

We have just recently installed a new awning to the library

Volunteers wanted – Library

Hi parentsThe library needs some volunteers to put together some shelves and help put some boxes on these shelves in the sea container and the library.

If you can spare an hour tomorrow morning (Saturday, 6/8) please come to the library after 9:15am or any time you can make it.

If you cant help for the whole hour, half an hour is still valuable to us.

Volunteers wanted – Videographer!!

Our school is looking for hobby video makers who will be willing to volunteer their time to help the School Management Committee. We would like to create a small video about our school and it’s activities. The Video will be used for promotional purposes such as publishing on our website, showing casing our school during fairs and exhibitions as well as in the upcoming Mid-autumn festival in Balcatta Cultural Centre.

The individual(s) will be given the freedom to use his/her/their own creativity and imagination in producing the clip(s). Further, the individual(s) will be working on their own pace in creating the clips. However, it would be ideal if the videos can be finalized a week before the Mid-autumn festival on 17th September 2016.

Royal Life Saving Society WA

The Royal Life Saving Society WA have approached our school with the intention to promote the Water safety awareness amongst the Students and Parents within our Chinese School.

Royal Life Saving WA work closely with the Office of Multicultural Interests to assist key community groups within WA to have access to water safety education and swimming lessons. The Chung Wah Association and its Chinese School are one of the key community groups they focus on working with.

Royal Life Saving Society WA can offer the school a variety of classes and programs which are free of charge or a very minimal fee. In a nutshell they can offer:• Multicultural Women’s Only Swim and Survive Programs• Multicultural Youth Swim and Survive Programs• Heartbeat Club – Introduce basic first aid, resuscitation and water safety skills to mothers, fathers and carers in a practical three hour course (parent’s course).• Water Smart Award (children of all ages, year 1 – 12)

The School Management Committee has agreed for Royal Life Saving Society WA to conduct the Heartbeat Club program tentatively on the 27th August 2016. A confirmation and details will be sent out closer to the date.

It would be great if a group of parents can participate in the Heartbeat Club whilst the children are in class (small children are welcome to come in with mum or dad during the class).

The aim of the Heart Beat Club is to develop the lifesaving skill of resuscitation and first aid. The Heart Beat Club is a community education initiative of Royal Life Saving that aims to increase your skills and confidence in CPR and first aid as well as provide a water smart background.

The Heart Beat Club can teach you the lifesaving skills of CPR. The training session covers first aid for common child injuries including burns and scolds, choking, drowning and provides information on how to perform child resuscitation or CPR.

If sufficient numbers of interest are available further programs and classes can be arranged.

We encourage you to attend the Heartbeat Club class while you are waiting for your children. Please join in drove!

SMC Notices

Old PA System for Sale – $1,000

If you know anyone would would like to purchase our old PA system, please email chairperson.leeming@gmail.com. The funds are used in our fundraising efforts.

About Us:

Chung Wah Chinese School Leeming is a not for profit, teacher and volunteer powered community school, and has been since it was set up in 1991 by Chung Wah Association Inc. Students and Parents love connecting with one another and having the chance to learn and express themselves in their mother tongue and celebrate traditional festivities. For families of any ethnicity or language background who want their child to learn Mandarin, we operate Saturday morning language classes and cultural activity classes. Help us help your child by becoming a parent volunteer (ask us for more information).

MID AUTUMN FESTIVAL CELEBRATIONIt is now again the time to celebrate the most anticipated annual event of the school calendar for all three Chung Wah Chinese School. It is the only event where all three campuses from Leeming, Morley and Rossmoyne get together to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Chung Wah Chinese School will be celebrating the annual Mid-Autumn Festival at the Balcatta cultural centre on Saturday, 17 September 2016 commencing at 5:00 pm (prompt), and we would like to invite all of you to attend the event.

This year’s celebration will be a magnificent event where greater emphasis has been placed on the quality and professionalism of the shows. We have also enlisted a semi-professional dance group to perform the theme of the event “Seven Fairy Sisters” as the opening act. The fairies after their appearance will mingle with the crowd for opportunity to have their photos taken.

Further, we will also be entertained by a professional MC Ms. Hui Lin who has a well-known personality amongst the Perth Chinese community. Not to forget is also the Chung Wah’s own Lion Dance Troupe which will contribute to the event where 6 brand new Baby Lions will be eye-dotted. Notwithstanding all the above great performers the centre point of the celebration will always be our students who will get the chance to perform and showcase what they have learned every Saturday in our Chinese school.

For our younger students (in fact all students including their parents) there will be a costume parade on the stage. Hence, we encourage all of you and your children to come to the event wearing your most beautiful traditional Chinese costumes. We will give away goodie-bags!!

Enriching the celebration are a variety of stalls which will be providing sales of foods, art and crafts, AFL stall, and much more. Guests can indulge in traditional sweet and savoury foods such as Nasi Lemak, Fried Bee Hoon, Taro Kuih, Curry Puff, Rice Flour Dumpling, Moon Cakes, Crispy cream, drinks and etc.

This year the event committee has introduced a ticketed entry event where all guests will be required to contribute a small fee of $5 per person. In return all tickets holder will be eligible to enter into door prizes. The good news is reserved for all our students and volunteers! They will be given each an entry ticket for free. Please check your child’s bag for the free entry ticket which will be given out on Saturday, 10th September.

To take it up a notch, the committee has organised big and spectacular lucky draw and door prizes this year. In total over 50 quality prizes will be up for grabs!The following listed items will make up the prizes for the lucky draw and door prizes:– Cannon Wi-fi PowerShot Camera– Nespressco Coffee Machine– HP Pavillion Laptop– iPad– Apple Watch– Play Station 4– Juicer, cake mixer, microwave, slow cooker– Vacuum Cleaner, Kettle, Steamer– 10 x Major Store Gift cards– 55” LG Smart LED TV; WIFI Dual Core Processor Web OS 3.0 (Grand Prize)

Entry tickets ($5 per person) and lucky draw raffle tickets ($20 per book of 10 raffle tickets; min. purchase of one book) are available for immediate purchase from the School Canteen or administration office.

Please let your families, friends and neighbours know about this upcoming great event! If you have any enquiry please do not hesitate to contact us on 0401 686 306 or principal.leeming or chairperson.leeming.

Last but not least, in conjunction with this celebration we also offer the opportunity for you to advertise with us should you have a business which requires promotion amongst our school parents residing on the south of the river. A sponsorship and contribution towards delivering the successful lantern and mooncake festivities will entitle you to an acknowledgement by MCs on the evening as well as corporate/business logo acknowledgement in the official event program as well as display in the event venue. Should you be interested in a sponsorship please let us know before 3rd August. Please contact 0403 735 842 or chairperson.leeming for further information.

We look forward to your participation and support.

Term 3 – AFL Footy 6 weeks Class

As per our previous announcement the FOOTY Class is back in our school!!!!!

The Footy Class conducted by the Western Australian Football Commission (WAFC) for Term 3 will start this Saturday, 30th July.

The classes will run from the 30th July to 3rd September2 @ 11:30am-12: 30pm. Boys and girls from ages 4-17 years of age are welcome to join for only $20 for 6 whole weeks.